Deuteronomy 16
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Deuteronomy 16:14-20

14and you shall 1rejoiceH8055 in your feastH2282, you and your sonH1121 and your daughterH1323 and your maleH5650 and femaleH519 servantsH5650H519 and the LeviteH3881 and the strangerH1616 and the 2orphanH3490 and the widowH490 whoH834 are in your 3townsH8179. 15SevenH7651 daysH3117 you shall celebrateH2287 a feastH2287 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 whichH834 the LordH3068 choosesH977, becauseH3588 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will blessH1288 you in allH3605 your produceH8393 and in allH3605 the workH4639 of your handsH3027, so that you will be altogetherH389 joyfulH8056.

16“4ThreeH7969 timesH6471 in a yearH8141 allH3605 your malesH2138 shall appearH7200 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 your GodH430 in the placeH4725 whichH834 He choosesH977, at the FeastH2282 of UnleavenedH4682 BreadH4682 and at the FeastH2282 of WeeksH7620 and at the FeastH2282 of BoothsH5521, and 5they shall not appearH7200 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 empty-handedH7387. 17EveryH376 manH376 6shall giveH4979 as he is ableH3027, according to the blessingH1293 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 whichH834 He has givenH5414 you.

18“You shall appointH5414 for yourself judgesH8199 and officersH7860 in allH3605 your 7townsH8179 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you, according to your tribesH7626, and they shall judgeH8199 the peopleH5971 with righteousH6664 judgmentH4941. 198You shall not distortH5186 justiceH4941; 9you shall not 10be partialH5234H6440, and 11you shall not takeH3947 a bribeH7810, for a bribeH7810 blindsH5786 the eyesH5869 of the wiseH2450 and pervertsH5557 the wordsH1697 of the righteousH6662. 20JusticeH6664, and only justiceH6664, you shall pursueH7291, that 12you may liveH2421 and possessH3423 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 16:14 Deut 16:11 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 16:14 Or fatherless ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 16:14 Lit gates ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 16:16 Ex 23:14-17; 34:23, 24 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 16:16 Ex 34:20 ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 16:17 Lit according to the gift of his hand ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 16:18 Lit gates ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 16:19 Ex 23:2; Lev 19:15; Deut 1:17; 10:17 ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 16:19 Prov 24:23 ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit regard persons ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 16:19 Ex 23:8; Prov 17:23; Eccl 7:7 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 16:20 Deut 4:1 ↩

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 16

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